The Employment Of Justifying Government Spending
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
As elected leaders work to convince us that the unprecedented spending spree they went through, known as the federal stimulus bill, has been successful, the work associated with proving their pronouncements has become a full-time pursuit.
This Washington Post piece also drives home the behind the scenes efforts put forth to tell us how well our government is taking care of us.
In the spirit of the best efforts that we would expect from community organizers – the news that the stimulus dollars are saving jobs in an Arizona district that doesn’t even exist is a classic. It is also very telling that the champions of government don’t take too kindly to being held accountable to actual facts which don’t blindly attest to the credit they believe that they should be receiving.
Maybe when we read about the 4,000 education jobs in Nevada that a U.S. Senator saved for us, we might want to think about whether those 4,000 jobs actually would have been either not created…or would have been axed without Uncle Sam’s handout. If it is made possible by the generosity of Washington, D.C. that these jobs exist – what happens when the dollars are sent again for the next spending cycle? Does it then become the taxpayer’s fault for not continuing to fund these jobs, which we really aren’t completely sure exist in the first place?
As elected leaders work to convince us that the unprecedented spending spree they went through, known as the federal stimulus bill, has been successful, the work associated with proving their pronouncements has become a full-time pursuit.
This Washington Post piece also drives home the behind the scenes efforts put forth to tell us how well our government is taking care of us.
In the spirit of the best efforts that we would expect from community organizers – the news that the stimulus dollars are saving jobs in an Arizona district that doesn’t even exist is a classic. It is also very telling that the champions of government don’t take too kindly to being held accountable to actual facts which don’t blindly attest to the credit they believe that they should be receiving.
Maybe when we read about the 4,000 education jobs in Nevada that a U.S. Senator saved for us, we might want to think about whether those 4,000 jobs actually would have been either not created…or would have been axed without Uncle Sam’s handout. If it is made possible by the generosity of Washington, D.C. that these jobs exist – what happens when the dollars are sent again for the next spending cycle? Does it then become the taxpayer’s fault for not continuing to fund these jobs, which we really aren’t completely sure exist in the first place?
Posted by Doug Busselman at 11/19/2009 9:41 AM 
Categories: Federal Stimulus
Tags: Federal Stimulus Education Nevada
Categories: Federal Stimulus
Tags: Federal Stimulus Education Nevada
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